So today some Jezzies and I were commenting on advertising critic Joe Dellosa’s column, which criticized the same sexist Allstate commercials that PhDork posted about earlier this month. Jezebel syndicated it and it’s truly worth a read, if for no other reason than the rare pleasure of seeing a straight white man in advertising call out misogynist stereotypes in unambiguously feminist language.

Finally reaching something close to gender parity in higher education means women are taking over and men are being discriminated against, even though they (generally) make more money with less education.

Very high levels of testosterone have been shown to negatively effect male financial traders’ ability to perform well at work, and yet women are the ones shouldn’t be in positions of responsibility due to being slaves to our out-of-control, hormonal bodies.

The other day, I heard a discussion on the radio about ‘why women prefer older men’.
Say, according to the patriarchal model, aren’t men supposed to be the pursuers? Wouldn’t it make more sense to discuss ‘why men prefer younger women’? Since us lady folk can’t possibly think for ourselves, I mean.

I agree about bullshit representations of women in the media, but aren’t these kind of generalizations about either gender pretty stupid? People are individuals and I think just treating them as such would be the most egalitarian thing to do (as opposed to (gender) _____ while really _____. )

@hippietastic: Point taken, but most of the generalizations we’re talking about—that women are more likely to file for divorce, that men are worse drivers (as measured by accidents/tickets), that men are more likely to be overweight—can be quantifiably verified.

We’re not playing a game of “I see your stereotype about women and raise you this stereotype about men.” We’re saying that stereotypical behavior being ascribed to women is actually behavior that men themselves engage in, or qualities that men are more likely to have. There’s data to back up what we’re saying.